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12 WHAT'S UP! DECEMBER 9-15, 2018 COVER STORY But Rousey really hopes visitors will start their tour in the Natural State Gallery, just behind the Trammel Gallery. "It sets the stage for how the area's natural resources shaped farming and business and how Rogers has reinvented itself over the years," Burroughs says. Next is the Road & Rail Gallery, taking visitors from covered wagons and log cabins to the founding of Rogers, World War I, the rise of the apple industry and how the automobile changed everything. Visitors will then turn right into America's Heartland, which looks at the early significant families of Rogers, the Great Depression, World War II and Korea and the rise of tourism in the region — which continues in the White River Gallery, looking at the creation of Beaver Lake and the fascinating rise and fall of Coin Harvey's Monte Ne. Finally — or first, for those with children — is the most interactive area of the museum, complete with Grandpa's Workshop, the 1950s kitchen, the switchboard, the slide and a simplified version of a telegraph. After college, Burroughs says, his first "big-time job" was at the St. Louis Science Center, evaluating exhibits and visitor experiences with them. "It made a big impression on me," he says. "I saw how things you could touch translated into involved patrons." RHM Continued From Page 10 1986 — Ground was broken for the new Key Wing in December. 1987 — The museum reopened on Dec. 5. 1995 — The museum expanded into the old public library building on the corner of Second and Poplar streets. That same year, the Hawkins House reopened after a restoration project. 1999 — The museum received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums. It was reaccredited in 2010. 2006 — Plans began for an eventual expansion. 2015 — The museum received one of the Walton Family Foundation's first three Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program grants. The other recipients were TheatreSquared in Fayetteville and the Helen R. Walton Children's Enrichment Center in Bentonville. 2015 — The newspaper, after several mergers and name changes, moved out of the Hailey Building, and the property was acquired by the city of Rogers at a cost of $729,900. 2016 — Architect Roberto de Leon of de Leon & Primmer Workshop in Louis- ville, Ky., was hired to design the renovation of the Hailey Building as the principal home of the Rogers Historical Museum. 2017 — The museum met its fundraising goal of $5.5 million for the expan- sion and renovation. 2018 — The museum closed the Key Wing and Hawkins House on Jan. 1 to allow galleries to be moved. DEC. 13, 2018 — The new Rogers Historical Museum located in the Hailey Building will reopen to the public with ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. — Created by Becca Martin-Brown from RHM documents & James Hales' research Timeline Continued From Page 10 Courtesy Photo The Hailey Ford dealership opened in 1947 at 313 S. Second St. in downtown Rogers. According to the Oct. 15, 1947, Rogers Daily News, it was the only building in Benton County with a completely air-conditioned showroom and offices. File Photo/BEN GOFF A photo hung on the front of the former Rogers Morning News building showed the structure's original appearance as Hailey Ford. The newspaper was housed there from 1969 to 2015, when the building was sold to the city of Rogers as the new home of the Rogers Historical Museum. NWA Democrat-Gazette/DAVID GOTTSCHALK A small but mighty switchboard will allow children playing in the interactive section of the Rogers Historical Museum to call from room to room.